Lew Wasserman

Lew Wasserman

male, deceased (2002)
actors and actress, controlling interest, deathbystroke, consumer electronics, From Cleveland, Motion Picture Association of America
Lew Wasserman (March 15, 1913 - June 3, 2002) was a Hollywood agent and studio executive credited with first creating and then taking apart the...
Thora Hird

Thora Hird

female, deceased (2003)
deathbystroke, stairlift, Deric Longden, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Christian, actor
Dame Thora Hird DBE (28 May 1911 - 15 March 2003) was an English actress. Thora was born in the Lancashire seaside town of Morecambe. She was the...
William Penn

William Penn

male, deceased (1718)
quaker, Fellow of the Royal Society, from Pennsylvania, Dutch American, Pacifist, united states constitution…deathbystroke
William Penn (October 14, 1644 - July 30, 1718) founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony that became the U.S. state...
Jay Presson Allen

Jay Presson Allen

female, deceased (2006)
film producer, deathbystroke, Television writer, marnie, Broadway, funny lady
Jay Presson Allen (March 3, 1922 - May 1,2006) was an American writer. Serving her creative apprenticeship in live television, Jay Presson Allen...
Eugene Scott

Eugene Scott

male, deceased (2005)
televangelist, deathbystroke, Rose Bowl Aquatic Center, pastor, Los Angeles Public Library, pasadena
William Eugene Scott, also known as Dr. Gene Scott, (August 14, 1929 - February 21, 2005), was a United States pastor and teacher who served for...
Joe Foss

Joe Foss

male, deceased (2003)
Methodist, United States Naval Aviator, deathbystroke, United States Air Force general, Recipient of US Distinguished Flying Cross, General
Joseph Jacob "Joe" Foss (April 17, 1915-January 1, 2003) was a leading "ace" fighter pilot in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, a...
Ethan Allen

Ethan Allen

male, deceased (1789)
Continental Army colonel, Vermont militiamen in the American Revolution, American Revolutionary War prisoner, Militia general in the American Revolution, American Revolution spy, deathbystroke
Ethan Allen (January 21 1738 – February 12 1789) was an early American revolutionary and guerrilla leader during the era of the Vermont Republic an...
Jerome Robbins

Jerome Robbins

male, deceased (1998)
Jewish person, deathbystroke, LGBT, Tony Award winner, actor, from New York City
Jerome Robbins (October 11, 1918 - July 29, 1998) was an American choreographer whose work has included everything from classical ballet to...
Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

male, deceased (1994)
deathbystroke, American jazz bandleader, Vaudeville performer, Swing singer, convert to Anglicanism, Jive singer…died from stroke
Cab Calloway (December 25, 1907-November 18, 1994) was a famous American jazz singer and bandleader. Calloway was a master of energetic scat...
Bert Kaempfert

Bert Kaempfert

male, deceased (1980)
lived in the USA, a walk in the black-forest, Red roses for a blue lady, A Man Could Get Killed, Wonderland by Night, Danke Schoen…deathbystroke
Bert Kaempfert was a German orchestra leader and songwriter. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records, and wrote the music for a number of...